LITHOPS AND A LONDONER by Keith Green Keith Green reports on an encounter with Lithops on the veld

摘要

In October 2006 my wife Debra and I had the privilege of a short stay with Professor Desmond Cole and his wife Naureen in the Johannesburg suburbs of South Africa. They truly are a most delightful couple, and one of the many treats they arranged for us was a trip to see a wild Lithops locality. Through their many contacts arrangements were made for us to visit a farm to the South West of Randfontein where an un C-numbered colony grew. I am pleased to report that the farmer here was very protective of his lithops, and that he insisted on accompanying us to view them. However, as this visit was organised for a Sunday we had to wait until the afternoon as the farmer wanted to attend church in the morning.